2017
Philipp Scherer
Adipose Tissue Researcher Receives Prestigious EASD–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence
Professor Philipp Scherer receives the 2017 EASD–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence accompanied by DKK 6 million (€806,000) for his outstanding contributions that have increased our knowledge of diabetes.
About Philipp Scherer
Philipp Scherer
Professor
Present position:
- Director, Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research and Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas
Career:
- 2015: Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement from the American Diabetes Association
- 2013: Naomi Berrie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research from Columbia University
- 2013: Britton Chance Memorial Award from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
- 2012: O’Donnell Award in Medicine from the Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas
- 2007: Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
- 2007: Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- 2005: Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association
- 1997: Professor for Cell Biology and Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 1995: Postdoctoral training, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1992: PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland
- He has more than 400 publications and more than 40,000 citations.